Suhan Babaýew Explained

Suhan Babaýewyç Babaýew (27 November 1910  - 28 November 1995) was a Kurd,Soviet and Turkmen politician. He served as the general secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan from October 1951 to December 1958.[1]

Babayev and several political allies were fired after they advocated greater ethnic Kurd representation in the Soviet government.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Turkmenistan.html Turkmenistan
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=NI1G_9j1AhcC&dq=Babayev+Turkmenistan+dismissed&pg=PA466 Chronology